Job summary
- Main area
- Childrens Nursing
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 372-FSS3154
- Employer
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cross Site
- Town
- Huddersfield
- Salary
- £66,582 - £77,368 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/09/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 14/09/2026
Employer heading
Nurse Consultant Children & Young People
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us.
Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
The postholder will provide senior professional strategic leadership for Children and Young People (CYP) services delivered Trust wide. Using the four pillars of clinical excellence, education, leadership and research, they will ensure the delivery of safe, high‑quality, compassionate, and developmentally appropriate care for children, young people, and their families.
Main duties of the job
· Lead on improving quality and outcomes for CYP in the acute and community setting, ensuring the operational delivery and performance in line with Trust standards of care and National targets/agendas for CYP.
Be a subject matter expert who provides clinical leadership with excellent communication systems in place internally, externally on a local, regional, and national platform.
Act as the senior nursing representative for CYP services, providing clinical and strategic leadership for CYP nursing across the Trust.
Lead the implementation of the CYP Nursing Strategy and CYP Transformation Plan, championing the CYP agenda and providing assurance on quality, safety, and performance.
Work strategically in partnership with other local NHS organisations, non-NHS organisations, the Local Authorities, with independent contractors and the public to facilitate the implementation of best practice in relation to CYP.
Working for our organisation
CHFT is an integrated acute and community Trust serving diverse communities across Calderdale and Kirklees, with strong partnerships across West Yorkshire. We are proud of our One Culture of Care — caring for each other with the same compassion, kindness and respect that we show our patients — and of the values that underpin how we work: we put people first, we go see, we work together to get results, and we do the must dos.
CHFT is recognised as a forward looking, digitally enabled Trust, with a strong track record of using data, innovation and system collaboration to improve quality, safety and outcomes. We are ambitious about the role that acute trusts play in prevention, population health and reducing inequalities, and this post sits at the heart of that agenda.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Demonstrate highly developed nursing skills with a proportion of time being devoted to clinical practice to ensure best practice and standards are embedded.
· To work as an independent and autonomous expert practitioner providing expert advice and support to clinical areas providing specialist advice and opinion following assessment of the situation. Contribute to MDT decision-making for complex children and young people, including children and young people with specialist educational needs and those with mental health concerns.
· To undertake clinical site/department/service visits to support the clinical assurance process in ensuring the care and treatment of CYP meets the Trust policy and standard operating procedures
To facilitate and challenge clinical practice and processes and involve relevant staff in improving patient experience and outcome. Developing approaches for the utilisation of best practice and research evidence which supports nursing and improves patient experience
· To provide assurance that systems and processes are in place to monitor patient safety, clinical and quality performance and to take remedial action when required
· Provide consultancy both within the Trust and externally for partner organisations as an acute care CYP clinical expert.
· Work at the forefront of practice innovation, creating precedence, generating, monitoring, and evaluating practice protocols to advance professional practice.
· Function at an advanced level of practice operating as an autonomous role model in order to provide expert patient care and develop own and other’s knowledge.
· Undertake assessments to inform safe, high quality risk management and care planning.
· Work in liaison with colleagues to drive improvements in patient care, taking appropriate opportunity to consult with patients and carers, formally and informally.
· Use professional judgement to support decisions on clinical and professional standards
· Adhere to and have working knowledge of relevant CYP legislative frameworks ensuring CHFT policies and guidance are compliant with this legislation.
· To participate in the trust’s senior nursing leadership rota which includes weekend working.
· Work out of hours as required to support service needs or in response to a specific concern that warrants senior leadership level oversight; this may include occasional night working.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
Essential criteria
- NMC Registered Childrens Nurse
- Recognised mentorship/educator/assessor qualification
- Degree level or equivalent qualification/equivalent level of experience
- Leadership/management qualification/or equivalent level of experience
- Masters level qualification or have the relevant skills/experience/knowledge
- Evidence of post registration studies
Desirable criteria
- Patient Safety Incident Response Framework training (PSIRF)
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE
Essential criteria
- Highly Experienced clinician specialising in Children and Young people
- Experience of working across organisational boundaries in the development and provision of services
- Evidence of effective leadership and developmental work across diverse areas
- Evidence of effective facilitation of change management
- Evidence of significant contribution to clinical developments
- Experience of providing education to multi-specialty and multi-professional groups
- Evidence of applying research in practice
- Experience of audit and quality improvement processes
- Demonstrate an understanding of current issues and best practice in CYP care in Acute Trust settings
- In depth knowledge of clinical/social/political drivers of change linked to CYP
- Up to date professional knowledge and demonstrable personal development
- Commitment to clinical audit, research and evidence-based practice
- Awareness and understanding of national policy concerning patient care and developments with the NHS including current CQC inspection standards.
- Knowledge of the role of partner organisations
- IT and computer literacy and ability to use NHS systems
- Ability to undertake critical analysis of complex policy information and synthesise into an accessible and applicable format
Desirable criteria
- Participation in national forums and groups
- National and regional influence/presenting at conferences
Special Knowledge/ Expertise
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to liaise at all levels
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines whilst paying attention to detail
- Ability to work under pressure, self-motivating and ability to motivate others
- Ability to foster multi-professional working across multi-disciplinary specialties
- Problem solving and analytical skills
- Education and Training skills
- Evidence of introducing change and innovation into nursing practice including coaching and training others
- Ensures personal, professional behaviour and integrity
- Ability to write high quality reports to support business planning, following incident investigations, or for board assurance purposes.
- Promotes the building of effective teams and collaboration between teams and other services
- Ensures personal, professional behaviour and integrity at all times
- Works actively, systematically and collaboratively with others to identify service efficiency and quality and improvements, assess options and risks, reach decisions, develop plans for achievement, implement and evaluate
- Able to support and deliver cost improvement programmes
- Promotes equality and inclusion. Values diversity
- Identifies potential discrimination and takes action to overcome discrimination and promote diversity and equality of opportunity
- Challenges systems or people who do not show respect for diversity
- Involves others in problem analysis and the identification of solutions, where possible enabling individuals or teams to find their own solutions
- Enables staff to meet their personal development objectives and apply their knowledge and skills
- Able to deal effectively with challenging or sensitive staff issues, e.g. performance, within Trust processes and legislative frameworks
- Challenge and addresses conflict, especially where this is impacting on service delivery and standards. Contributes positively to finding solutions to conflict
- Able to use a range of management styles as appropriate, including a coaching style
- Able to fulfil the health requirements of the post as identified in the Job Description, taking into account any reasonable adjustments recommended by Occupational Health.
- Must be eligible to work in the UK.
- Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Gemma Puckett
- Job title
- Director of Midwifery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07887745488
- Additional information
or Jant Youd (Head Nurse)
Email: [email protected]
Mobile: 07920818913
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